Rail connection.



A. s. 1.1111).- BAIL GOMIEGTION. APPLIUATION FILED MAX 6, 1908.

'Patehted Sept. 29, 1908.

NITED sTA Es P rENT ornlron.

AUGUST s. LIND, OF MQKEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL CONNECTION. s

No. 899,697. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application. filed May e, 1908. Serial No. 431,118

iron or steel and bend the same in rectangular form, the ends being welded together to form a link 5, which when 'in position engages with the shoulders 3, and the ends of the link beneaththe tread of the rails 1.

To assemble the parts; the ends of the rails are brought together, one of the splice bars 2 arranged in position encircled by the link 5,

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, AUoUsT S. LIND, a United States, residing at the county of Allegheny and nted certain proveinents in Rail Connections; and- I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled I citizen of. the

the said link passing beneath the rails. in the art to whichlt appertains to make and flange 4 of the other splice bar 2 is inserted he same, reference being had to the 9.0- between the and to the letters and side of the link 5, in which position the said gures of reference markedthereon, which bar may he slid into position, the pins 6 of form a part of this specification. p which entering the openings in the web of his invention relates to an improved rail- 1 the rails will prevent any movement of the way rail connection, and it com parts. .Spikes are now driven whereby said rails slots 7 to the ties beneath, drawing the without the use of nuts and bolts; and ange and bars 2 downward and pressing the vention further consists in the latter tightly against the rails. of construction and combination of It is obvious from the above description as will be fully described hereinafter. I of the connection that the In the accompanying drawings:'-Figurc placed upon the rails 1, the tighter the con- 1 is a perspective view of my improved rail nection will become. connection, the same being shown in position arious slight modifications and changes on the meeting ends of the ordinary railwa may bemade 1n the details of construction rails; the said connection beingconstructed without departing from the spirit of the inand arranged in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an'end,sectional'elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an inside face view of one of the-s lice bars, showing the position of the ins or on aging openingsformedin the we -of the rai s.

parts,

myself to the exact construction, shown and general scope of the invention.

. Having thus described in ractice and To put my invention into claim, nd desire to secure by Letters thereby provide a railwa rai connection Patent, isz that will be'siinple, dpra le, and of small -The herein described railway rail conneccost,'and at the same tu me dispense with the use of nuts and bolts as in. the ordinary formof such connections; I provide tw'o plates 2, the one analo ous with the other, eachof which is forme with a vertical portion' 2, a broad flange 4,, along which 18 a shoulder 3, and s -ikeopenings7. ',-Upon the inner facepf sac of these splice bars 2, are short pins. 6, arranged to engage with the openings formed in the web ofthe railljsaid openings being ordinarily used'for bolts. ese' pins are arranged as shownatFig. 3,

t'iori, comprising the splice formed on their inner face, longitu(1nal shoulders and bars, in combination with a link adapted to en age with said shoulders pass beneath't he tread of the rails and means comprising spikes for holding the parts together, as described.

Instestimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses. AUGUST S. LIND.

those 6 shown in full lines belonging tothe Witnesses: .one bar, and those'6 shown in dotted lines to. WM'. G. WALTER,

THOMAS E. REDDY.

the other bar. I no'wprovide a stout bar of l Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

vention.. Therefore I do not wish to confine bars, having ins through the y invention, what and the 

